Daughters eligible for family pension
Chandigarh: Punjab Finance department has clarified to all the head of departments, commissioners of division and deputy commissioner that the daughters are eligible for family pension as per the latest decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court. A spokesperson clarified that the daughters, irrespective of their marriage, up to the age of 25 and if she continues to be unmarried even after beyond 25 years, shall be entitled for family pension. Once she starts earning livelihood, the family pension shall be stopped. He also clarified that in case, daughter is suffering form disability which prevents her from earning a livelihood, she will continue to get family pension even after the age of 25 years, irrespective of her marriage.
National lok Adalat held
Chandigarh: National lok Adalat was organised across the country on December 6. A spokesperson of Haryana Government said that under the able guidance of Justice SK Mittal, executive chairman, Haryana State legal Services Authority, 1259348 number of cases were disposed of in Haryana which included Pre-litigative Cases, cases of administrative departments disposed of by holding Special lok Adalats etc. cases disposed of by Judicial Courts and Revenue Courts.
Kaalia for compliance of SC guidelines
Chandigarh: Sukesh Kaalia, chairman, Punjab child rights protection commission on Monday during a meeting issued directions to all the Deputy Commissioners and SSPs to make sure that the Supreme Court guidelines are strictly followed. A spokesperson said that various issues regarding the welfare and protection of children were discussed. It was brought to the notice of the commission that the Supreme Court guidelines regarding the safety of children in school buses are not being adhered to. The commission also noted with concern that the private schools are not following the provisions of Right to Education Act. It was decided that the members of the commission along with other officials would conduct random checks at schools and submit the report to the commission.
Now, call Bhutan@ 10 paisa/second via bsnl
Chandigarh: BSNl has introduced a STV -16 (special tariff voucher), which enables its pre-paid mobile customers to make ISD calls to Bhutan at the rate of 10 paisa per second. This STV costs merely Rs16 and entitles a BSNl pre-paid mobile customer to make ISD calls to Bhutan at a much cheaper rate for 18 days. The normal ISD rate for Bhutan is Rs10 per minute. GS Julka, Chief General Manager, BSNl Punjab Telecom circle Chandigarh said, “The scheme is effective from November 28, 2014 for 90 days”.
Armed Forces Flag Day observed
Chandigarh: National Cadet Corps (NCC) Panjab University (PU) and PU Security on Monday celebrated Armed Forces Flag Day in the campus. UT Zila Sainik Welfare Officer lt. Col. RK Singh and PU Registrar, Col. GS Chadda (Retd.) launched the flag distribution and the collection of donation drive. later, the cadets of NCC PU and Security Personnel PU went to each department for flag distribution and collection of donation.
NITK to host Power Electronics conference
Kurukshetra: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NITK) in collaboration with the Power & Energy Society-Industrial Application Society (PES-IAS) & Power Electronics Society-Industrial Electronics Society (PElS-IES) Chapters of IEEE Delhi Section, is organising 6th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE-2014) from December 8 to 10. Prof PJ Philip, DPR NITK said that the inaugural programme of the conference took place at Senate Hall of the Institute. A large number of participants from premier institutes of technology from India and abroad arrived here to attend this conference.
Workshop on Indian martial arts begins at PU
Chandigarh: Ten days workshop on Indian martial arts (latthi and Talwar) for aspiring students commenced at Panjab University (PU) here on Monday. PU Department of Indian Theatre is organising the workshop and it is conducted by eminent Madhya Pradesh artist Bhagwan Dass Raikwar, who is dedicated towards this art form for the last 30 years. Dass reiterated that whenever he will get time he will certainly like to work with the department of Indian theatre and contribute his bit to the development of theatre in region.
Creative Arts Brainobrain kids win prizes
Chandigarh: Creative Arts Brainobrain Chandigarh and Panchkula kids participated in the 25th National Abacus competition held in Thyagaraj stadium at New Delhi on November 30. More than 4000 students had participated from around the country. Of the 50 students who participated from Creative Arts Chandigarh and Panchkula, 45 children won prizes under various categories. The competition was for 3 minutes and the children were given 70 sums to solve.